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March 2, 2017
March 2 is Read Across America Day!
Now in its 20th year, The National Education Association’s Read Across America is a year-round program that focuses on motivating children and teens to read through events, partnerships, and reading resources.
To help celebrate the 20th anniversary, NEA has created Celebrating a Nation of Diverse Readers, a downloadable resource calendar.
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February 27, 2017
What Are You Thankful for Today?
Enjoy this video of Pat’s book Gracias~Thanks, read by Rosi Amador with original music composed and performed by guitarist Brian Amador of Latin band Sol y Canto:
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February 23, 2017
A Welcome Reissue of Fierce with Reality
Fierce with Reality, a culturally diverse literary collection on aging, has been reissued by the editor, Margaret Cruikshank. The anthology highlights writings by women from late l9th century American literature to the present, and includes an essay by Pat.
Ranging from ancient Chinese poetry to Mary Oliver and Alice Walker, the anthology includes fiction, philosophical essays, personal essays, humor, analyses of ageism, and folktales from Asia and Iraq. Many facets of aging are explored, rev...
February 20, 2017
Sharing a letter from Kyle Zimmer, President and CEO, First Book
Kyle writes:
I recently had an amazing conversation with Andrea Davis Pinkney, the author of A Poem for Peter and other award-winning books. She shared this with me:
“When kids see a child that looks like them on the cover of a book, they see that they are important. But when they don’t see themselves reflected, they don’t get to know that they matter. When they don’t see themselves depicted, they don’t get to see that they count. And I think that’s the importance of diversity: kids see what...
February 17, 2017
February is Library Lovers’ Month!
The twentieth Anniversary of Tomás and the Library Lady? How is this possible? As I say in the Tomás section of my site, I had the pleasure and honor of knowing Dr. Tomás Rivera. What an inspiration as many of us work as he did to create an inclusive country, a true democracy. Onward together.
Pat
Illustration © Raul Colón from Tomás and the Library Lady. All rights reserved.
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February 12, 2017
Let’s celebrate love and friendship
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January 30, 2017
Día 2017: Exciting Children and Families about Bookjoy
January: across our country, the Día Community reminds our partners that Día: Children’s Day, Book Day, in Spanish, El día de los niños, el día de los libros, is a daily commitment and that January is a good month to begin planning culminating April bookjoy celebrations. Day by day, día por día, we creatively excite children and families about books–all children, all cultures, all languages.
Last year was Día’s 20th Anniversary. Let’s build on that excitement! The Día section of my site inclu...
January 27, 2017
Creativity Salon: An Interview With R. Joseph Rodríguez
Years ago, when Joseph was a teenager and I was an administrator at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), he wrote me, sent me his photo and asked if he could be my poet friend. I treasured his letter, and I deeply treasure his friendship. I believe that Joseph, now a UTEP professor, is a gifted and committed educator. I am excited about his new book. Welcome to our Creativity Salon, Joseph, mi amigo.
1. Do you think of yourself as creative? If yes, have you always thought of yourself as...
January 23, 2017
Celebrate Peaceful and Positive Activism
My wonderful LA niece Dr. Monica Rosas-Baines. Yea to those committed to an inclusive democracy.
Pat
Our Creativity Salon interview with Dr. Monica Rosas-Baines.
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January 19, 2017
Common Ground for an Inclusive America
I always smile at the line, “Democracy is not a spectator sport.” Democracy isn’t easy as President Barack Obama reminded us in his farewell remarks. Participating in preserving and strengthening our democracy requires work, hard work–from each of us. I want to remember and return to his words to “be vigilant but not afraid,” to “share a proud title–citizen,” “to show up and dive in.” It has been inspiring to have a President who is an avid reader, who knows bookjoy.
Together, diverse as we...
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